tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666226609376223220.post1574359232650972324..comments2012-10-14T06:36:43.136-04:00Comments on 5B4: Oxbow Archive by Joel SternfeldMr. Whisketsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666226609376223220.post-76016006018512241322008-12-01T01:46:00.000-05:002008-12-01T01:46:00.000-05:00There is a map at the back of the book that includ...There is a map at the back of the book that includes the precise location of every photograph in the book. It is odd to me that not one of those photographs was made in the area of the Cole painting. They are made in an area that would be visible from the Cole vantage point by turning about 90 degrees to the right. Of course, I-91 running right through the middle of the Oxbow does kind of destroy the picturesque. The East Meadows Archive would be more accurate but only locals would understand that.Stuart Alexandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666226609376223220.post-30921266614466334062008-11-22T19:14:00.000-05:002008-11-22T19:14:00.000-05:00This work reminds me of Jem Southam's work, especi...This work reminds me of Jem Southam's work, especially the 'Upton Pyne' series, but comes off poorer for the comparison, I have to say.narkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666226609376223220.post-55624607942414859992008-11-22T14:09:00.000-05:002008-11-22T14:09:00.000-05:00I am sometimes wondering why nature photography wo...I am sometimes wondering why nature photography work doesn't seem to get any attention in the contemporary art world (of which this blog is part). I mean the type that is done in the "wilds of nature", a relevant example here being Jim Brandenburg's "Chased by the Light" and "Looking for Summer". The books are, literally, daily trips into the North Woods outside of the photographer's home, taken on successive days for 3 months, with the unique virtuoso twist that he restricted himself to making a single photograph each day.<BR/><BR/>Is that because nature without the hand of man (which is seen in Sternfeld's images) is uninteresting for fear would not be a reason to ignore ? Or is it because the nature photographer has not engaged the contemporary world in all of his career, while if one has done so in other work, his voice is heard even if he turns his lens to nature ?QT Luonghttp://www.terragalleria.comnoreply@blogger.com